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Impacts of Two Introduced Ladybeetles, Coccinella Septempunctata and Harmonia Axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), on Native Coccinellid Species at Mount St University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Masters Theses Graduate School 12-2007 Impacts of Two Introduced Ladybeetles, Coccinella septempunctata and Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), on Native Coccinellid Species at Mount St. Helens, Washington and in Southwestern Virginia Catherine Marie Sheehy University of Tennessee - Knoxville Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes Part of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons Recommended Citation Sheehy, Catherine Marie, "Impacts of Two Introduced Ladybeetles, Coccinella septempunctata and Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), on Native Coccinellid Species at Mount St. Helens, Washington and in Southwestern Virginia. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2007. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/230 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a thesis written by Catherine Marie Sheehy entitled "Impacts of Two Introduced Ladybeetles, Coccinella septempunctata and Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), on Native Coccinellid Species at Mount St. Helens, Washington and in Southwestern Virginia." I have examined the final electronic copy of this thesis for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree of Master of Science, with a major in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Dan Simberloff, Major Professor We have read this thesis and recommend its acceptance: Paris Lambdin, Nathan Sanders, James Fordyce Accepted for the Council: Carolyn R. Hodges Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (Original signatures are on file with official studentecor r ds.) To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a thesis written by Catherine Marie Sheehy entitled “Impacts of two introduced ladybeetles, Coccinella septempunctata and Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), on native coccinellid species at Mount St. Helens, Washington and in southwestern Virginia.” I have examined the final electronic copy of this thesis for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, with a major in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. _________________________________ Dan Simberloff, Major Professor We have read this thesis and recommend its acceptance: Paris Lambdin _________________________________ Nathan Sanders _______________________________ James Fordyce _______________________________ Accepted for the Council: _______________________________ Carolyn R. Hodges, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (Official signatures are on file with official student records.) Impacts of two introduced ladybeetles, Coccinella septempunctata and Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), on native coccinellid species at Mount St. Helens, Washington and in southwestern Virginia A Thesis Presented for the Master of Science Degree The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Catherine Marie Sheehy December 2007 Abstract To assess changes in coccinellid communities subsequent to the introduction of two non-native species, Coccinella septempunctata and Harmonia axyridis, ladybird numbers were monitored over a 20 year period at Mt. Saint Helens, Washington and in three years between 1996 and 2004 in southwestern Virginia. Surveys conducted at Mt. Saint Helens included pre- and post- invasion years for both non-natives. At Mt. Saint Helens, C. septempunctata and H. axyridis both increased in abundance, accompanied by declining numbers of the native ladybird Adalia bipunctata at one of the two Washington sites and of the native ladybird Coccinella transversoguttata at both sites. Declines in these two native ladybirds are strongly correlated with increases in the two introduced species. Given the long study period at Mt. Saint Helens, the declines in these two natives appear to be real trends. Further research is required to determine if the introduced species have indeed been the direct cause of the declines, and to find the mechanisms of interactions. The arrival of C. septempunctata to Virginia predated the first year of this study likely by several years. Harmonia axyridis was detected in Virginia by 1993, three years prior to the first study year in this state. In Virginia, only one introduced species, H. axyridis, showed an increase during the study and this was at one site only. This increase was not accompanied by declines in native species. In fact, the native Coleomegilla maculata also increased at the site during this period. Lack of evidence for declines in native species in Virginia may simply indicate that native species were not affected by the two introduced species, or it may reflect lack of power in the data to detect changes. Alternatively, any changes to the ladybird community may have occurred prior to the start of this study. ii Table of Contents Chapter Page I. Literature review...............................................................................................................1 Coccinellids, Use in biological control....................................................................1 Coccinella septempunctata, Taxonomy and description.........................................3 C. septempunctata, Biology.....................................................................................4 C. septempunctata, Life cycle and diapause............................................................6 C. septempunctata, Habitat, prey, and foraging behavior........................................9 C. septempunctata, Natural enemies......................................................................11 Harmonia axyridis, Taxonomy and description....................................................12 H. axyridis, Biology...............................................................................................13 H. axyridis, Life cycle and diapause......................................................................15 H. axyridis, Population dynamics..........................................................................16 H. axyridis, Habitat, prey, and foraging behavior..................................................17 H. axyridis, Natural enemies..................................................................................18 Introduction history, C. septempunctata................................................................18 Introduction history, H. axyridis............................................................................23 Research objectives................................................................................................26 II. Impacts of two introduced ladybeetles, Coccinella septempunctata and Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), on native ladybeetles at Mount St. Helens, Washington....................................................................................................................28 Introduction............................................................................................................28 Methods..................................................................................................................30 Results....................................................................................................................31 Discussion..............................................................................................................34 III. Impacts of Coccinella septempunctata and Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on native ladybeetles in southwestern Virginia....................................37 Introduction............................................................................................................37 Methods..................................................................................................................39 Results....................................................................................................................39 Discussion..............................................................................................................41 Literature cited...................................................................................................................45 iii I. Literature Review Use of ladybirds in biological control Ladybird beetles are generally regarded as beneficial, frequently playing key roles in controlling pest insects in many habitats, particularly agricultural ecosystems (e.g., Hodek and Honek 1996, Gordon 1985, Obrycki and Kring 1998). Humans have long been aware of this valuable role. In medieval Europe, believed sent from heaven to save crops, lady beetles were called “Our Lady’s beetle,” referring to the Virgin Mary. In ephemeral agroecosystems, predatory insects play a critical role in pest suppression, with ladybirds among the most important of such groups. As natural enemies of whiteflies, aphids, scales, mealybugs, and mites, they have been extensively used in many biological control strategies for over a century, more often than any other predator taxon (Obrycki and Kring 1998, Hagen 1962). These strategies include natural or passive biological control, in which the control agent is a native organism at normal
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